Hello my name is Mike Presutto and I have been creeping around this site as an outsider for a couple years now. I finally received a pico scope and I'm hooked. After all the years of seeing captures in training classes and iATN I'm finally on the capturing end  :).

Im a 26 year experience driveability tech who now feels just as excited as day one thanks to the Pico. Truly an amazing piece of equipment and I hope I don't bog anyone down with the new learning curve ahead for me with this critter. I'm so stuck in the trigger and hope you catch it world of my previous scopes .

Glad to be here and read everything you guys have all written, I will try and tone the excitement down but its tough  :-X

Thanks again !

Well then, good luck to you Mike from Seattle.

hi mike,

welcome to da nerdz  :).  did you get your complimentary kool aid packet?  ;)

crackerclicker wrote on Dec 5^th, 2012 at 9:00pm:

did you get your complimentary kool aid packet?

Ha ha, that's funny.  Welcome Mike.


mpresutto wrote on Dec 5^th, 2012 at 5:13pm:

who now feels just as excited as day one thanks to the Pico

  It only gets better and better.


mpresutto wrote on Dec 5^th, 2012 at 5:13pm:

Truly an amazing piece of equipment

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mpresutto wrote on Dec 5^th, 2012 at 5:13pm:

and I hope I don't bog anyone down with the new learning curve ahead for me with this critter.

  No worries chief, ask questions and don't worry about making mistakes or sounding "stupid".  That kind of thing doesn't exist here.  Welcome aboard.

crackerclicker wrote on Dec 5^th, 2012 at 9:00pm:

hi mike, welcome to da nerdz  :).  did you get your complimentary kool aid packet?  ;)

Funny you say that because years ago a buudy said there is no coming back after drinking that kool aid when I asked how he liked his Pico . I have a dated vetronix 5100 at that now seems like a tinker toy.

Just like the Applelites ( the loyal apple product consumers) I see this Autonerdz group appears to be loosely wrapped and yet very tightly wound together as a group. Almost a family  :)

Kool aid is mixed and drank..... I hope I wasn't supposed to wait LOL

crackerclicker wrote on Dec 5^th, 2012 at 9:00pm:

kool aid packet

Good one, ;D
A fine Liquor, to be Savored. [smiley=koolaid2.gif] 

mpresutto wrote on Dec 6^th, 2012 at 3:59am:

no coming back after drinking that koolaid

I did so much research, before diving into the Kool aid Pitcher, I keep mine on display and grin ( :)) every time it catches my eye.

Welcome Home Mike, It's a great ride.

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PRESTON wrote on Dec 5^th, 2012 at 9:09pm:

ask questions and don't worry about making mistakes or sounding "stupid".  That kind of thing doesn't exist here

Unless it came from me, its to be expected. :D
welcome.

Hi Mike,

I've had contact with you before mate, on iATN.

good to see you on board  [smiley=thumbsup2.gif]

Welcome aboard Mike,

Good to have you offically with the Nerdz group. :)

Brad H wrote on Dec 6^th, 2012 at 2:07pm:

I've had contact with you before mate, on iATN

Yes sir your a good guy I have seen many of your posts . I remember the lizard that came creeping in your shop and the picture of him  ;D

mpresutto wrote on Dec 9^th, 2012 at 6:20pm:

I remember the lizard that came creeping in your shop and the picture of him

Ha ha, this lil thing...

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That's Him ! :-/ not sure If I'm afraid of him or not I don't like things that sneak up on me .

Take care .

Here is one of our local critters......

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What is it Tom ?

Nasty looking blighter  :-/

It's a 'Possum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opossum

I think hes holding his mouth open because he wants you to brush his teeth ;D maybe that's a defensive stance I'm not sure now better make sure you get garbage flavor tooth paste

We have this character turtle man not too far away from us he will come and snatch him up bare handed for 50 bucks or make a trade for something shiny  [smiley=laughing2.gif]
He is riot he has his own show Call of the wildman

Turtle man is a courageous man. I saw one of his videos; in it he takes a raccon out of a car in the woods - with his bare hands eventually as he couldn't get the creature to surrender to a fishermans landing net. He isn't cruel to the animals, just captures them to take them away from where they are unwanted...like Tom's engine bay, for instance. Was that your car, Tom?

fisher wrote on Dec 10^th, 2012 at 5:08pm:

Was that your car, Tom?

It was a customer's car at a shop I worked in many years ago.  He was just camped out there.

Tom Roberts wrote on Dec 10^th, 2012 at 8:51am:

Here is one of our local critters

Sooooo Tom,

did you top up the brake master cylinder fluid ?    [smiley=scratch-head02.gif]

fisher wrote on Dec 10^th, 2012 at 5:08pm:

Turtle man is a courageous man. I saw one of his videos; in it he takes a raccon out of a car in the woods - with his bare hands eventually as he couldn't get the creature to surrender to a fishermans landing net. He isn't cruel to the animals, just captures them to take them away from where they are unwanted...like Tom's engine bay, for instance. Was that your car, Tom

If you could handle the "Turtle man call"

I had a mechanic working for me earlier in the year that used to do it, we had to have a talk about it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GadpqhGeG68

Pardon my lack of editing. I meant 'raccoon'. I had spelled it wrong. Raccoons are found across North America.